Gaines County in West Texas is at the heart of the ongoing measles outbreak. Non-medical vaccine exemption rates there are ...

People who are vaccinated, or who have had the measles before, are unlikely to catch the virus ― even if they come into ...

After Mennonites in Gaines County were singled out in discourse about the spread of measles in Texas, local pastor Jake Fehr ...

A child in West Texas has died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first reported U.S. death from the ...

Here’s what to know about the outbreak after the first U.S. death since 2015 from the highly contagious—but ...

The outbreak is concentrated in a "close-knit, undervaccinated", Texas health department spokesperson Lara Anton said. The ...

The childhood measles-mumps-rubella vaccine will usually protect you against the measles for your entire life.

“Measles is a highly contagious respiratory illness, which can cause life-threatening illness to anyone who is not protected ...

Texas authorities on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's outbreak of the highly contagious disease.

At least 124 people have been infected in the fast-spreading outbreak. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services on Wednesday confirmed the death. DSHS said the patient was an unvaccinated ...

The last known case of measles in Bexar County was in 2019, according to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.